In silico Study of Conjugated Nitrogen Heterocycles Affinity in their Biological Complexes

Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds - For the estimation of the biological affinity of nitrogen-containing π-conjugated heterocyclic systems toward amino acid residues in proteins, the...     

Design of new imidazole derivatives with anti-HCMV activity: QSAR modeling,synthesis and biological testing

Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design - The problem of designing new antiviral drugs against Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) was addressed using the Online Chemical Modeling Environment (OCHEM)....     

Reactions of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-(2,2-dichloro-1-cyanoethenyl)-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-methyl(phenyl)ureas with aliphatic amines

Novel derivatives of 3,3-dichloroprop-2-enenitrile containing methylurea or phenylurea fragments have been synthesized. The obtained N-(2,2-dichloro-1-cyanoethenyl)-N′-methyl(phenyl)ureas undergo intramolecular cyclization in the presence of triethylamine to form 4-(dichloromethylidene)-5-imino-1-methyl (phenyl)imidazolidin-2-ones. Reactions of N-(2,2-dichloro-1-cyanoethenyl)-N′-methylurea with aliphatic amines have afforded 4-(alkylamino)-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-imino-1-methylimidazolidin-2-ones.     

Dependence of the anticancer activity of 1,3‐oxazole derivatives on the donor/acceptor nature of his substitues

A series of new 1,3‐oxazole derivatives, containing in position 5 both donor and acceptor substituents were synthesized. These substances were considered as potentially active anticancer pharmacophores in the human tumor cell line panel derived from nine cancer types, including lung, colon, melanoma, renal, ovarian, brain, leukemia, breast, and prostate. Primary in vitro one‐dose anticancer screening was shown that compounds with acceptor substituents (such as –C(O)OMe, –CN) in the position 5 inhibit the growth of most cell lines, and compounds with donor substituents (such as –NHR, ?SR) in the position 5 do not practically inhibit the growth of cancer cell lines. It can be assumed that the pharmacological activity of 1,3‐oxazole derivatives depends on donor/acceptor nature of the substituents in position 5. It was proposed to evaluate the donor/acceptor ability of 1,3‐oxazole derivatives using the special parameter φ₀, which takes into account the relative position of the boundary levels (HOMO end LUMO). The quantum‐chemical modeling was performed; the special parameter φ₀ for 1,3‐oxazole derivatives correlates with the experimental results. Quantum‐chemical calculations of the special parameter φ₀ allow modeling the pharmacological activity of 1,3‐oxazole derivatives by introducing donor or acceptor substituents at position 2 or 5. This work may be useful for chemists to develop a target synthesis of potential biologically active compounds.